Filey Bay Double Cask #1 is a'Special Release'created by maturing Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery's unique Single Malt in both ex-Bourbon and virgin oak casks. Only 2,000 bottles of this collectable expression were made and we're loving the new direction this spirit takes… It's very different from anything we've tasted from Filey Bay so far. The virgin oak delivers fruity and spicy notes, while the ex-Bourbon casks bring vanilla and toffee flavours. The result is a juicy combo of cream soda, green apple, banana bread, pineapple, peach, toasted oak and penny sweets. There can't be many counties with a stronger spirit and sense of identity than Yorkshire. Now it has its very own Single Malt Whisky, made from field to bottle in Yorkshire, using 100% homegrown barley. The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery can be found in the village of Hunmanby, just a few miles from Filey Bay on the Yorkshire coast. It's the county's first ever Single Malt Whisky producer and they do things properly from grain to glass, but definitely their own way. But they did get a little help from the late, great Dr Jim Swan, a celebrated whisky maker who was described as"the Einstein of whisky"and who was instrumental in setting up a raft of other great distilleries, including Nc'nean, Cotswolds, Kavalan, Penderyn, Kilchoman, Victoria Caledonian and Milk&Honey. He helped them ensure that they were making something unique that reflected the local area, not just a carbon copy of Scotch. The barley is grown in Hunmanby on the family farm, so you can't get much more local and hands on than that. The water is drawn through chalk from deep beneath the Yorkshire Wolds. One of the only things they bring in from outside the county is the oak, for which they source the finest barrels from around the world. The bottles are embossed with a gannet, a fearless bird that has flourished in this part of Yorkshire. We think that's kind of fitting because it also perfectly describes the way we hungrily gobble down each new Filey Bay outturn.£11.43 per 100.00ml